In her PhD, Nina investigated courses and curricula that build bridges to connect academic knowledge and the sustainability challenges of the city. Her research takes a specific interest in how students learn to deal with uncertainty.

Universities and municipalities meet around urban challenges and work together to create rich learning environments for students, course coordinators, and municipalities. As urban issues are not directly applicable in an educational context, we aim to provide guidelines for this.

The Amsterdam Living Laboratory course is part of the MSc MADE (Metropolis Analysis Design and Engineering), a 2-year joint degree master programme from the TU Delft and Wageningen University, hosted at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute).